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Mandalay Bay Shooting Response: Time for a Justice Department Investigation?

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Hotel suite where Mandalay Bay shotter launched his attack (courtesy 60 minutes)

A week ago, 60 minutes released an interview with officers involved in the Mandalay Bay hotel mass murder. The cops were the first into shooter’s room. They  revealed that Stephen Paddock had secured the hallway door just outside his room with a metal plate and screws. What’s more . . .

the report claims that the missing Mandalay Bay security guard Jesus Campos attempted to access Mr. Paddock’s room via the door, then took an alternative route.

Why was Mr. Campos taking the stairs from the 31st floor, rather than using the elevator to Mr. Paddock’s 32nd floor suite?

We also know that two police officers–  who “happened” to be in the hotel — accompanied unnamed, unspecified armed hotel security to the 31st floor, responding to Mr. Campos’ shooting.

According one of the official timelines, the armed security and police finally arrived at Mr. Paddock’s suite two minutes after he stopped firing. Which means the “wrong floor/bolted door” response may well have been a matter of life and death.

In short, when it comes to the Mandalay Bay hotel’s response to the shooting, we don’t know who knew what when, who was where when, and what they did.

Given all these questions, the Clark County Sheriff’s Office third attempt at a timeline and Mr. Campos’ sudden disappearance, the Department of Justice should launch an immediate investigation into the police and hotel response to the Mandalay Bay shooting.

I reckon we’ll only know the truth — or some of the truth — if the civil lawsuits forces its disclosure. What happened in Vegas should not stay in Vegas, lest it be repeated elsewhere.

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Robert Farago

Robert Farago is the former publisher of The Truth About Guns (TTAG). He started the site to explore the ethics, morality, business, politics, culture, technology, practice, strategy, dangers and fun of guns.

0 thoughts on “Mandalay Bay Shooting Response: Time for a Justice Department Investigation?”

  1. Hey guys, instead of offering armed assistance, why don’t WE doxx these a-holes? It really can’t be all that hard can it? Maybe they wouldn’t like their own info shared as they do to others… just sayin…

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  2. She doesn’t deserve this crap. Nothing she has said or done constitutes a crime or even a tort. She’s communicating ideas. The antidote for bad ideas, if that’s how you find them, is more ideas, more speech, and vigorous engagement, not violence or threats.

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  3. My gut response to things like this is “bring it”. You step 1 foot onto my property and you get one warning to leave. After that all bets are off.

    But I don’t have kids. That changes things.

    At some point these people are gonna mess with the wrong person on the wrong day. I hope there is video.

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  5. Thanks NRA. Guess they miss Obama being in charge. I’ve always suspected they secretly liked the democrats in charge to drive fear mongering.

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    AK-47 Bump Gadget
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    Why does GuardianGrip have against people who only have two fingers?

    Maybe they gave the finger to Harvey Swinestein.

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  9. “Banning high-capacity magazines is not a bold new idea. These devices were illegal until 2004 when Congress allowed the Assault Weapons Ban to lapse. ”

    No, they were NOT banned or “illegal” during the AWB. You could not make new ones, but there were plenty out there and they were legal to own and sell.

    How can you trust a lawmaker who doesn’t know the law?

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  10. All of these years, we hear the left come out in favor of forced “buybacks” and confiscation, but not once do they indicate how they intend to implement it. It’s like that old joke, “widget + ? = profit”.

    Ok, do a buyback. Order the guns confiscated. Simply commanding gun owners to turn their guns in won’t work. So what else ya got?

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